changelog.txt

Version History:
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v.0.9.2 beta - 2021-05-29
 * Added the ability to open the currently selected image in the system's
   default image viewing application by pressing <Enter> or double-clicking.
 * On macOS, you may also display a QuickLook window by pressing the spacebar.
 * Removed the usage of walrus operator to make it compatible with Python3.7+.

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v.0.9.1 beta - 2021-04-25
 * Added the ability to choose a different GUI (ttk) theme.
 * Added a new button to restore all the default settings.
 * Fixed an error that prevented the application to launch on Windows/Linux.

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v.0.9 beta - 2021-04-23 - First public beta
 * Easy to use GUI, completely based on Python (Tkinter/ttk).
 * Implements all the features and options currently available on Optimize
   Images (the original CLI version) for batch image optimization and file size
   reduction, including:
        - Optional recursion through subfolders
        - Conversion to grayscale
        - Image downscaling based on maximum width and/or height
        - JPEG quality (lossy compression)
        - EXIF data removal
        - PNG transparency removal, with optional background color replacement
        - PNG pallete reduction
        - PNG conversion to JPEG (all, just big images, or none, with optional
          deletion of the original PNG file)
        - ...and more.
 * Uses multiprocessing to take advantage of all available CPU cores (except the
   "watch folder" feature, since watchdog's API only seems allow threading).
 * Automatic saving of all app and task settings, including main window size and
   position.
 * Some usage statistics available on the About window.
 * All image and stats are stored and processed locally in your own computers,
   which means no need for file uploads and no worries with telemetry and other
   privacy issues.
 * Compatible with some of the most popular desktop operating systems, including
   macOS, Windows and Linux.
 * It's free (MIT License), please feel free to buy me a coffee, or to
   contribute with bug fixing or other code improvements if you'd like so.

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v.0.0 - 2021-04-03
 * Initial project setup and planning.